Long-sought rail safety system completed
Long-sought rail safety system completed FacebookTwitterEmail Am Amtrak train heads west through the city on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union A system intended to prevent train collisions and derailments caused by excessive speed has been completed, the Federal Railroad Administration announced. The multi-year effort to install Positive Train Control wrapped up on Dec. 29, two days before a deadline set by Congress. PTC is intended to prevent trains from running through red signals or being switched to the wrong track. It also ...